Here Are Four Signs it is Time to Go to Couples Therapy

1. Communication Is Confrontation

Do you find yourself arguing with your partner more than laughing? Is the new normal to shout or pick a fight over basic things like household chores and what to watch on TV?

If so, your communication needs work.

A healthy couple is one that can talk through their differences and reach a common ground. It is when both parties are willing to be positive, understand the other side, and compromise.

When this aspect of being in a relationship is on its way out, it is time for a therapist to step in. Having a third party can help couples go back to the basics of how to understand and communicate with one another.

2. The House Is a Battlefield

If arguments have progressed to long-standing tension, it’s not good.

Many marriages that go to couples therapy admit to spending time in separate areas of the house. The point of sharing a roof is to make a home. Yet, when your partner has become a stranger, there’s a clear problem.

A house is a place to share and grow in your union.

If you find that both you and your partner are not comfortable sharing the couch, or let alone the same room, you need to get in a couples therapy room sooner rather than later.

3. Sex Is Slim

Sex is part of what makes a marriage.

Remember the days you were all over each other? When you could not wait to get home or often planned romantic evenings?